From the world stage to the West Side: A Cincinnati chiropractor has a unique take on the upcoming Olympics because he's been there.

Dr. Tim McCrossen is a former U.S. bobsledder.

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He was the brake man on USA 2, one of the country’s three bobsled teams competing in the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

His team did not qualify for the medal round, which was just part of a very rough ride for the Americans that year.

"The Jamaican team beat our USA 1 team, so that wasn't good. We took kind of a hit with that. Then the other team got disqualified for hot runners. Their runners were too warm. It was kind of a disaster, the games were. But I had a great time,” he said.

Of course, the 1994 games are most well-known as the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan Olympics.

After the attack on Kerrigan, the games became a media circus.

"Our Olympic village, athlete village was 2,100 athletes for 60 countries. There's more now because they've added snowboarding, etc. The media village was 7,500 people. So everywhere you turned, there was a microphone in your place,” McCrossen said.

He didn't get much air time from the bobsledding, but he was still on TV plenty during the games.

"I was on Dick Schaap's 'Sports Reporters.' I was on 'Entertainment Tonight' and I'm like a nobody bobsledder. I got asked a million questions. ‘What do you think about Nancy Kerrigan?’ It was crazy,” he recalled.

Back then, teams didn’t bring chiropractors to the games, so McCrossen helped athletes from all over the world.

These days, you'll find McCrossen on the West Side.

He's been in an office on Colerain Avenue for 21 years.

With his connection to sports and his reputation for having fixed the backs of many athletes, he became a bit of a memorabilia buff.

A picture of him and Mike Tyson hangs in his office.

McCrossen said he adjusted Tyson's back on the floor at McCormick and Schmick's Seafood and Steaks in Indianapolis.

And of course, McCrossen has lots of Olympics memorabilia, including the helmet he wore in the games.

McCrossen said he loves watching the Olympics and still gets goosebumps watching them.

"My best, though, was opening ceremonies. Walking into that stadium, knowing billions of people are watching it," he said.

During the Winter Games in PyeongChang, he'll go back in his mental time machine.

"You feel like you're there. It's such a lasting memory being there. It's such a highlight of my life," he said.